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Phone Scam Warning From Progress Energy
Patch.com
By Linda Hersey Progress Energy warns of a phone scam. Progress Energy Your electrical power is about to be cut off unless you pay your bill now by providing a credit card number. That's the false claim in a telephone scam that is trageting small ...
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Scam leaves Portsmouth woman out $25K
Seacoastonline.com
Growing suspicious, Leblanc researched online dating scams and while reading warnings about typical online con artists, she thought, "Oh my God, that's him to a T." Then she searched his profile name and found 81 other "contacts," she said.
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Scam targets Progress Energy and Tampa Electric customers
Tampabay.com
By Ivan Penn, Times Staff Writer To Tampa Electric and Progress Energy customers: Beware of telephone scam artists who are seeking your credit card information. The two Tampa Bay utilities issued a warning about the con Wednesday after receiving ...
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Scam Alert from the Gwinnett County Sheriff
Patch.com
Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway is alerting public to a scam from someone claiming to be "Amy Livingston" - a mom from Lawrenceville, Ga. Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway's office sent out an alert concerning an inaccurate advertisement.
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Rental Scam Hits Claycordian on Craigslist
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
A Claycordian wanted to alert other residents of Contra Costa County about a scam happening on Craigslist. I am a very big fan of Claycord. I wanted to share with you a very unfortunate issue we discovered today with a craigslist posting of our home ...
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Ferndale senior loses $5000 in scam
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
By Michael P. McConnell FERNDALE — Two men posing as water department workers scammed an 80-year-old man out of at least $5000 Monday after they told him they had a refund for him but needed change for a $100 bill. The men talked their way into the ...
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NICB Warns Storm Victims: Beware of Contractor Scams
Sacramento Bee
Some contractors may seek to enlist the homeowner in the scam. For example, a dishonest contractor might use a recent storm as a reason to instruct you to file a damage claim, when in fact the so-called damage was actually wear and tear to your ...
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Cyber scams target summer tourists
Austin News
In addition, don't fall for scam emails posing as a friend who got stuck traveling and then asks for money. Don't use the same email to get back in touch with them to check if they're OK. And finally to keep from slipping into a vacation scam, ...
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UWCCorp Scam Refuted: Company Offers Innovative Educational Services for Small ...
PR Web (press release)
As debate over GM's controversial social marketing decision continues, a company called UWCCorp rebuts rumors that it is a scam, while offering innovative educational services to small business owners. Facebook has made headlines more than once in ...
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Email scam targets soldiers and military retirees in Maryland
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The IRS and Maryland's comptroller are warning of a new scam that targets military personnel and retirees as well as civilian workers. The emails, which seem to come from the Defense Finance and Accounting Services, claim that recipients of disability ...
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